Cabinet for small articles.



.No. 689,588. Patented Dec. 24, mm.

J. noun.

CABINET FOR SMALL ARTICLES.

(Application filed. Fp'b. 15. 1901.)

(No Model.)

WMImmull mmrumnlfl Mme/1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

JOHN HOULT, OF GRAND'RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE GUNN FURNITURECOMPANY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

CABIN-ET FOR SMALL ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 689,588, dated December24, 1901.

- Application filed February 15, 1901. Serial No. 47,437. (No model.)

To allwhom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN HOULT, a citizen of the United States, residingat Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michi-' gan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets for SmallArticles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cabinets for containing smallarticles of any kind, and more particularly to cabinets forphonograph-records, and its object is to provide improved means foroperating the front and shelves of the same and to provide the devicewith certain new and useful features, hereinafter more fullydescribed,and

particularly pointed out in the'claims.

My device consists, essentially, in providing a case having a frontadapted to turn to a horizontal position and run back into the case andone or more shelves adapted to slide 2; forward and project from thecase, with strips and rolls supporting the front and shelves, hooks onthe front and shelves to pivotally en- 'gage the rolls and slidablyengage the strips, and stop-pins to hold the shelves in an outgo wardlyand downwardly inclined position,

and in certain combination and arrangement of parts,'as will more fullyappear by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2, an enlargeddetail in vertical section; Fig. 3, an enlarged perspective'detail of abar and roll, and Fig. 4 an enlarged detail of'the hook.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

A represents the case, which may be of any convenient form or size, thatshown being a single section of a sectional case.

B is the front of the case. This front is supported at each end on aflat bar E, arranged horizontally and parallel with the inner surface ofthe case and at a suitable distance therefrom. The rear end E of eachbar E is offset and bent in opposite directions in two places to engagethe end of the bar with the inner surface of the case and is securedthereto, and the front end of the bar E is provided with a supportprojecting from the end of the case, preferably a screw H, on which isjour naled a roll G between the bar and the end of the case. This rollengages and supports the front B and permits it to traverse freely intoand out of the case when raised to a horizontal position. On each end ofthe front B and near the rear thereof is a hook I, projecting downwardand traversing the inner side of the bar E when the front is horizontal,and

when the front is fully drawn out said hook engages the roll G andpivotally suspends the front on the supports H to permit of turning thefront -down to a vertical position to close the case. The books thus inconjunction with the bars serve as guides to prevent the front frombinding and in conjunction with the supports serve as pivots for thefront to permit it to turn down to close the case.

C C represent any convenient number of movable shelves or trays, eachbeing supported on bars E and rolls G and provided with books I, thesame as is the front B. To stop these shelves in an inclined position,stop-pins F are provided in each end of the case, which pins engage theupper sides of the shelves C, near the rear thereof, and thus hold themfrom f nrther turning downward at the front.

These pins may be so located as to give the shelves any desiredinclination.

I have shown these shelves each provided with a single holder D, adaptedto hold a phonograph record-cylinder. It is obvious that these holdersmay be as many as the shelves will accommodate, and when the shelves aredrawn out and turned down these holders will be in convenient positionfor inspecting, removing, and replacing the records. It is also obviousthat these shelves may consist of or contain trays or other conveniencesfor holding small articles of any kind. I do not consider my inventionlimited in these respects.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination of a case, a shelfmovand engaging the shelf, books on the shelf traversing the strips andpivotally engaging 15 the rolls, and stop-pins in the ends' of the caseand adapted to engage the shelf and limit the downward movement of thesame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature :0

in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HOULT.

Witnesses:

LUTHER V. MOULTON, BERTHA L. HOULT.

